2014 Event After a federal judge ruled that Utah's same-sex ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had to place the lower-court ruling on hold pending an appeal by the state 2008 Death Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97 2002 Event XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 2002 Event XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 1998 Event NBA Finals, Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 1997 Event 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 1994 Event Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss 1991 Event 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 1990 Event KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions 1990 Event KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions 1989 Event 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1985 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985) 1985 Event -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) 1985 Event Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1984 Event Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 Event Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985 1984 Death Ramiro Cortes, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah, dies at 50 in Salt Lake City, Utah 1984 Event Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws 1982 Event 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1980 Birthday Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics 1979 Birthday Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater 1978 Birthday Douglas Osmond, born in Provo, Utah, vocalist for Osmond Boys 1977 Birthday Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist, Osmond Boys 1977 Death Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st U.S. execution since 1967 1976 Event Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1976 Event Thiokol conducts 2-minute firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Utah 1976 Birthday Amanda Moody, born in Orem, Utah, Miss America-Utah, 1996 1975 Birthday Michael Osmond, Utah, singer, Osmond Boys 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1975 Birthday Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz 1975 Birthday Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard, Utah Jazz 1974 Birthday Kim Williams, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz 1974 Birthday Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz 1974 Birthday Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Event 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1 1973 Birthday Shandon Anderson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz 1973 Birthday Nanette Pearson, born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Miss America-Utah, 1997 1973 Birthday Greg Ostertag, NBA center, for the Utah Jazz 1973 Event 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah 1972 Birthday Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Birthday Howard Eisley, NBA guard, Utah Jazz 1972 Birthday Elizabeth Wolfgramm, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, member of The Jets family group, composed of siblings 1972 Birthday Jamie Watson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz 1972 Birthday Elena Baranova, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz 1972 Birthday Deborah Carter, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz 1971 Birthday Jessie Hicks, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz 1971 Birthday Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991 1971 Event 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1971 Birthday Tracy Kennick, beauty pageant winner, anchor for Good Morning Southeast Texas, semifinalist for Miss USA 1996, Miss Utah 1996, Miss Utah Teen USA 1989 1970 Birthday Bryon Russell, NBA forward, Utah Jazz 1970 Event Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 1970 Birthday Jennifer Nakken, born in Cedar City, Utah, Miss Utah-America 1991 1970 Birthday Dena Head, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz 1970 Birthday Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard, Utah Starzz 1970 Birthday Adam Keefe, born in Irvine, California, professional basketball player, power forward, played in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz for nine years 1968 Birthday Greg Foster, born in Oakland, California, professional basketball player, center-power forward, played for the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz 1968 Birthday John Preston, born in Utah, actor, Greg-General Hospital 1968 Birthday Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets 1968 Birthday Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz 1966 Birthday Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1966 Event Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1966 Birthday Chris Morris, NBA forward, Utah Jazz 1965 Event Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah 1965 Birthday Karen Booker, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz 1964 Birthday Cynthia Brimhall, born in Ogden Utah, playmate, October, 1985 1963 Birthday Karl Malone, born in Summeerfield, Louisiana, NBA forward, Utah, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard, Utah Jazz 1963 Birthday Jimmy Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Donnie and Marie 1962 Birthday Michael Link, born in Provo, Utah, actor, Earl-Julia 1962 Birthday John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold 1961 Birthday Antoine Carr, NBA forward and center, Utah Jazz 1961 Event 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1960 Birthday Mike Lookinland, born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, actor, Bobby-Brady Bunch 1959 Birthday Marie Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer and actress, Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts 1959 Birthday Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress, Lily-Loving, Alley Cat 1959 Birthday Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey, NBA forward, Det Pistons, Utah Jazz 1958 Birthday Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open 1957 Birthday Donny Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie 1955 Birthday Jay Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie 1955 Birthday Adrian Dantley, born in Washington, D.C., NBA forward, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics, Utah Jazz 1953 Event Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah) 1953 Birthday Merrill Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie 1952 Birthday Roseanne Barr, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, comedian, actress, television producer, won Emmy award for television series, 'Roseanne' 1951 Birthday Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie 1950 Birthday Chris Cannon, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, politician, Republican party, U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 3rd district 1949 Birthday Alan Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie 1948 Birthday Byron Allred, Logan, Utah, rocker, Steve Miller Band 1948 Birthday Bill Orton, born in North Ogden, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1983 - 1997 1948 Birthday Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor, Luke/Bill-General Hospital 1946 Birthday Leslie L Byrne, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-D-Virginia 1993 - 1995 1945 Birthday David Smith Monson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1985 - 1987 1944 Event 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Event 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 1942 Birthday Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx 1941 Birthday David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day 1940 Birthday Richard H. Stallings, born in Odgen, Utah, Representative-D-Idaho 1985 - 1993 1940 Birthday Merlin Olsen, Utah, NFL tackle, Rams, sportscaster/actor, Father Murphy 1940 Birthday Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks 1938 Event School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1936 Birthday Buddy Merrill, born in Torrey, Utah, guitarist, Lawrence Welk Show 1934 Birthday Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon 1933 Birthday Ramiro Cortes, born in Dallas, Texas, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah 1933 Birthday Robert F Bennett, Sen-R Utah 1933 Event U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes 1932 Birthday Jake Garn, born in Richfield, Utah, Senator-R-Utah 1974 - 1993, and astronaut STS-51D 1932 Birthday James V. Hansen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1981 - 2003 1930 Birthday Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS-51-B 1929 Event KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Birthday Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat 1928 Birthday Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show 1927 Birthday Paula Hawkins, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Senator-R-Florida, 1981 - 1987 1926 Event Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die 1925 Birthday Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle 1925 Birthday Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, National Security Council 1924 Birthday Marie Windsor, Emily Marie Bertelson, Utah, actress, Double Deal 1924 Birthday Howard C. Nielson, born in Richfield, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1983 - 1991 1924 Event Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1923 Birthday Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's 1921 Birthday Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947 1918 Birthday Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie 1918 Event Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 1917 Birthday Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret 1917 Birthday Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Hawk 1915 Event Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established 1915 Birthday Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show 1914 Event IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia 1913 Birthday Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place 1913 Birthday Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger 1910 Birthday Gordon B. Hinckley, born in Utah, religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1909 Birthday Herblock, Herbert L Block, Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist 1909 Event U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens 1908 Event U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized 1908 Event Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1906 Birthday Philo T Farnsworth, Beaver Utah, inventor, electronic TV 1900 Event Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah 1899 Birthday Byron Foulger, Ogden, Utah, actor, River's Edge, Up in Smoke 1898 Birthday Hazel Dawn, LaTout, Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl 1897 Birthday Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth 1897 Birthday Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer 1897 Event M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah) 1896 Event Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator 1896 Event Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator 1896 Event Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state 1895 Event U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage 1895 Birthday John Gilbert, Pringle, Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills 1893 Event Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated 1890 Birthday Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1889 Birthday Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White 1876 Birthday Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, Gov-D-Cal 1873 Birthday David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th President of Mormon church 1870 Birthday George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church 1868 Event U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho) 1862 Event Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah 1861 Event U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories 1850 Event Territories of New Mexico and Utah created 1848 Event Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million 1847 Event Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah 1843 Birthday Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1826 Event Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
